Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1887-07-14
BASEBALL.
The Chicago Club, by Winning Three
Straight from New York,
Takes Second Place.
Enormous Attendance at the Three Games
Van Haltren Great Success
Notes of the Game.


passed New York and Boston in the race
for the League pennant, which places the
White Stockings in second place and next
TO the leaders in what has now become the
most remarkable fight for championship
honors the League has known during its
history as an organization. Where Chi
cago may be at the end Of an
other month it is not difficult to
conjecture, provided the team continues
TO play at it's present rate of speed. and
while 1t is still too early 10 predict that the
pennant of this season will be added to
those OF seasons past now held by the
Whites, 1t may safely be stated that the
race will be very apt TO lie between Chi
caeo and some other city, probably Detroit
or New York, with the indications strongly
in favor OF the former.
Following Boston's departure, and after
kelly's men had dropped three games out
of four played to Chicago, Wishing
ton dropped down upon us, and, strange to
say, gave the champions one of the tough
est series We have had during the past
home season. Anson's boys werc tho VIC
tors in two out of the three games,
but the scores were decidedly too
close for comfort. On July two of the
most memorable games of the year were
played-those against New York-and the
scores Of 5 to l in the morning game and 4
to in the afternoon indicate the stub
born character of the contests. There was
q total of $4,000 people at the two games,
and the enthusiasm, as is always the case
when good game is played in Chicago, was
very great Glarkson pitched in the morn
ing and Baldwin in the afternoon game.
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the fourth inning of the morning game
Clarkson and Burns made play that fairly
took the breath from Capt. John Ward of
the Giants" Ward had pounded out a
single, and had got around to third on a
steal and passed ball, when 0Rourke
was sent to his base by being hit by
pitched ball.
Watch the ball, now," shouted Ward to
his colleague on first, "and when he pitches
it get down to second. I'm looking at you;
now you're off"
Clarkson was not at all disturbed by the
Captains speech. He caressed the white
flannel letters on his breast for moment,
made a feint to throw TO first, and then,
turning like flash, shot the ball to Burns,
who caught the Captain mapping off his
base. Wards face was a study. He looked
like man who, having been approached by
a street-car conductor, had suddenly discov-
cred that he had left all his money at home.
His jaw fell down on his collar, and his
eyes hung on the bridge of his nose. Then
he kicked. Clarkson's feint was balk, he
said, and he should not have been declared
out. Umpire Pierce was not disposed TO
argue the case, and the Captain and his
team went out into the field in the
dumps. After that the victory was
an easy one for Chicago, aud ten
visitors perished one by one on easy in
field hits until the ninth inning, when
Ward, who had led off with a two Dagger,
was brought home on Cores rafting single
to center.
The score of the morning game was Chi
cago, 5; New York, l..
Sixteen thousand people crowded through
the gates for the afternoon game, which was
even closer and more interesting than
that of the forenoon. The prettiest play
of the game was made in the eighth in
ming. After Richardson had been retired
Welch was given his base on balls. Ewing
struck out and then Ward made another
clean hit, sending Welch to third. The
Captain now starteS 10 steal second in the
hope that DAILY would attempt to throw
him out and thus give Welch chance to
score before the ball could be returned to
tho plate. Strange as it may appear,
Ward timed everything to L with the ex-
ception of the margin left Welch TO get
home after the ball was sent 10 second.
PfeiIer, who was playing deep in the dia-
mond, received Days swift throw and
without paying any heed to Ward returned
the ball to the plate with such speed that
Welch was nipped five feet away. The
visitors did nothing in the ninth and lett
for their hotel sorely disguised with their
Fourth of July. The score of the after
a. A n l.. Tta-s-
On Tuesday the Chicago and New York
teams met for the third contest in the
presence of an semblage of 1000 people,
and Anson's boys again devoured the
"giants" (?) from Gotham. The result of
the game was due to the phenomenal
pitching of Van Haltren. His work was
so splendid that for eight innings the New
York boys never knocked q ball out of the
diamond. Capt. Ward, Of the New York
club, one of the best base stealers in the
country, was nipped twice by DAILY, and
Keefe, who pitched for the New Yorks,
was Knocked out of the box. Then they
put Tiernan in and the Chicago boys had
an easy time with him. The Chicago club
scored 10 runs, while the so-called giants"
got only 3, and would have been shut out
only for Williamsons ridiculous muff of
an easy fly in the eighth inning.
Detroit still has comfortable lead in
the race for the pennant, with Chicago
second, Boston third, New York fourth,
and Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Washington,
and indianapolis trailing along in the
order named. st. Louis still maintains q
good lead in the Association race, closely
followed by Baltimore, which occupies O
good second. Cincinnati is third, Louis
Vile fourth, Brooklyn fifth, Athletic
sixth, Metropolitan seventh, and Cleve-
land last.
NOTES OF THE GAME.
Van Haltren is proving himself a great
player. He is just such q man as Chica-
go needed.
Captain Anson's prediction that the
Chicagos would yet forge to the front in
the League pennant race is being verified.
Burdock. of the Bostons, is still quite
lame, but he is getting better rapidly. He
has his ankle in plaster cast. He UNI
pired an association game on Staten Island
last week.
Billy Sunday of the White Stocking
team is nursing his sprained ankle at his
home in Marshalltown, Iowa. He will not
be able 10 play for several weeks.
There will be big scramble for Jerry
Denny next season. Reports say that In
dianapolis enthusiasts have twice showered
money upon him on the field while yelling
themselves hoarse over his great slugging
feats.
Bushong, the great catcher of the st.
Louis club, who has caught about all the
games played by his club this season, had
his right hand little finger broken by a
pitched ball while at bat in game at
Louisville. IL is said he will not be able
to catch for several months, and as the
Browns have no other hrst-class catcher
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